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Brunswick PERMIT FOR WATERCOURSE AND WETLAND ALTERATION ALT 31667'10 Original (Regulations 90-80 under the Clean Water Act Chapter C-6.1, Act of New Brunswick 1989) PERMITTEE NB Power ADDRESS 515 King St. Fredericton , NB E3B 1E7 (506)458-6655 LOCATIONS r Easting Northing Datum Zn Easting Northing Datum Zn see description below... Affected Watercourse/Tributary: Various Affected Regions: ENV - 4, 5, 6, 1 DFO - FUNDY, GULF DNR - 1, 3, 4 1:50,000 Maps - Various County - Various Parish - Various PERMIT VALID FOR THIS PERIOD FROM 2010/12/15 TO 2011/12/31 yyyy/mm/dd) (yyyy/mm/dd) Description of Watercourse/Wetland Alteration(s): This project consists of the following: (1) placing rip-rap along the areas of the headpond/reservoir of NB Power Generation's 6 hydro generating facilities wherever necessary to repair erosion to private property that borders these waterbodies, due to ice and wave action; (2) carrying out annual maintenance on the Keswick Island causeways; (3) cutting and/or disposing of dead, undermined, blown down and nonviable trees that have the potential of falling into or being washed into a headpond/reservoir by floodwaters; (4) removing deadheads, driftwood and floating debris from these headponds/reservoirs and depositing it at designated land based sites for disposal and; (5) making necessary infrastructure repairs to these 6 hydro generating facilities and the dams on the outlet of 4 lakes used as storage reservoirs and their appurtenant control/monitoring equipment, in order to maintain system reliability. The Permittee may undertake only those Watercourse/Wetland Alteration(s) described above hereby approved by the Minister. Refer to Conditions of Approval stated on the attached Document "A". Responsibility for any action arising from any watercourse/wetland alteration must be borne by the Permittee and no liability shall be incurred by the Minister or the Department. This permit does not exempt or exclude the Permittee from the provisions of any Act of the Legislature of New Brunswick or of Canada to serve as legal defense to any action commenced by landowners who are adversely affected by the alteration. Number of conditions attached to this permit: 23 Date of Issuance: 2010/12/15 (yyyy/mm/dd) Minister of Environment NB Power 515 King St. Fredericton , NB E3B 1E7 Page 1 of 3
DOCUMENT "A" Attached to ALT 31667'10 Original CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL (Regulations 90-80 under the Clean Water Act Chapter C-6.1, Act of New Brunswick 1989) ( 1 ) that any debris and excavated material be removed from the watercourse/wetland and adjacent areas and disposed of, or placed in a manner where it cannot be returned to the watercourse/wetland; ( 2 ) that all necessary precautions be taken to prevent discharge or loss of any harmful material or substance into the watercourse/wetland; including but not limited to creosote, hydrocarbons, biocides, fresh cement, lime, paint or concrete; ( 3 ) that exposed material resulting from cut and fill operations be stabilized against erosion immediately upon completion of the project to reduce siltation of the watercourse/wetland, unless stated otherwise in these "Conditions of Approval"; ( 4 ) that machinery and pollutants be located or stored in areas not in danger of floodwaters; ( 5 ) that the permittee ensure that a copy of this permit (including the conditions of approval) is kept at the alteration site for the duration of the project, and such copy shall be produced by the permittee upon the request of an inspector designated to act on behalf of the Minister of Environment, or an employee of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; ( 6 ) that an annual report of the work which has been carried out each year and a summary of the work planned for the following year shall be submitted to the New Brunswick Department of the Environment anually; ( 7 ) that all in-water work shall be carried out between June 1st and September 30th only; ( 8 ) that no temporary access roads shall be constructed or temporary culverts shall be installed to facilitate the activities covered by this permit without prior approval from the New Brunswick Department of the Environment; ( 9 ) that driftwood shall not be buried in an area over which surface runoff will drain unchecked, into a watercourse and all exposed erodible backfill must be levelled off, smooth graded and either hydroseeded or seeded by conventional means and blanketed with hay/straw mulch immediately following completion of the burial of the material at each site; ( 10 ) that rip-rap and armour stone shall be clean, durable, non-ore-bearing, non-toxic rock obtained from a non-watercourse source; ( 11 ) that the armour stone/rip-rap shall not be dumped or pushed over the bank but either lowered in place with a machine capable of controlling the dropping of the rock or placed from the base of the bank by equipment stationed on a barge; ( 12 ) that all repairs/upgrades to the infrastructure and appurtenant control/monitoring equipment of these hydro generating facilities and the dams on the outlet of the lakes used as storage reservoirs, shall be carried out in isolation of the water being impounded by or discharged through the control structure; ( 13 ) that turbid water from dewatering operations be routed through a settling pond or over existing vegetation sufficient in distance from the waterbody to ensure that the level of suspended solids in the water column does not increase more than 25 milligrams per litre above background levels; ( 14 ) that any fish trapped when isolating a work area from the remainder of the submerged footprint of the waterbody, shall be immediately captured alive and relocated out of harms way; ( 15 ) that sediment control works be installed at the onset of work at a facility, added wherever necessary to control sedimentation, and maintained such that it performs it's intended function throughout the project; ( 16 ) that the applicant take necessary steps to ensure that his/her actions, and/or those of his/her agent, do not result in noticeable suspened solids in a waterbody as a result of the activities covered by this permit; ( 17 ) that none of the danger trees, driftwood, deadheads and floating woody debris shall be buried at the sites where the material is removed from the headponds and all the chips stockpiled during chipping operations shall be removed from these sites prior to the chipper leaving a site; Page 2 of 3
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